A disappointing result only told a fraction of the story on opening night...
NYCFC.com Managing Editor Mark Booth picks out five things we learned from the 1-0 defeat to Orlando City…
1. Dominance Goes Unrewarded
It may have ended up being Orlando’s night at their housewarming party in Florida but there were still plenty of encouraging notes scattered throughout the 90 minutes for Patrick Vieira.
NYCFC dominated every single statistical metric except for the most important one in this defeat.
The Boys in Blue had double the possession (68% to 31%), completed twice as many passes (539 to 260) and limited Orlando to half the number of shots they had on goal (14 to 7) but still fell to a narrow defeat.